BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern women held South Alabama without a field goal for the final eight minutes and rallied for a 50-45 victory Friday night in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
South Alabama led by eight points at halftime but scored just 16 second-half points, making six field goals in 19 attempts and missing all five of its 3-pointers.
“Coach (Sandy Pugh) told us at halftime that we had to step it up,” post player Jadea Brundidge said. “We huddled up and said we have to start playing our game.”
Southern started the third quarter with a concerted effort to get the ball inside. After Skyler O’Bear scored on a driving layup, four baskets — two by Miaya Crowder and one each by Cortnei Purnell and Brianna Green — came during an 11-2 run that gave Southern a 32-31 lead.
USA went nearly seven minutes without scoring, but Southern couldn’t extend the lead. Back-to-back layups by Marquita Daniels off of steals gave USA a 35-32 lead.
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